Dr. Ira D Mickenberg M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
22 Old Waterbury Rd Suite 201 Southbury CT, 06488About
Dr. Ira Mickenberg is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Southbury, CT. Dr. Mickenberg specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1965
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Medicare versus primary care.
- Leukocytic function in hypogammaglobulinemia.
- Bactericidal and metabolic properties of human eosinophils.
- Immune fever in the rabbit: responses of the hematologic and complement systems.
- The relationship of complement consumption to immune fever.
- Laboratory-acquired typhus fevers.
- Medicare and payment for concurrent care.
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